Dr. Stephen Robert Franklin, MD

Dr. Franklin practices at Eye Surgery Center of Knoxville, LLC in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Franklin's NPI, 1669556262, was assigned on October 24, 2006. Dr. Franklin graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1982. Dr. Franklin holds Tennessee license MD014390.

Dr. Franklin's primary practice is Eye Surgery Center of Knoxville, LLC, at 448 N Cedar Bluff Rd, Knoxville, TN 37923 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 339-4200.

Dr. Franklin's primary practice is Eye Surgery Center of Knoxville, LLC in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dmand AI also links Dr. Franklin to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Franklin practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Franklin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Franklin is licensed in Tennessee.

CMS data shows 2,236 Medicare services from Dr. Franklin across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 821 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $164,230 for them.

CMS counts 821 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Franklin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 390 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.04, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Franklin's median patient age at 76, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Franklin wrote 824 Medicare Part D claims for 276 patients. 63% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 766 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $122,822 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 630 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 23 out of 100 for Dr. Franklin for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Franklin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 243 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Franklin, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Franklin in 2013.

CMS Open Payments shows 52 general payments to Dr. Franklin from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. paid the most, $343.

Dr. Franklin graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 1982.